ZPS8-Quick-Start-Guide.pdf

Quick Start Guide

Zoner Photo Studio 8—Quick Start Guide

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Contents

1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. Installing and Unlocking the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. Basics of the Zoner Photo Studio Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

4. Settings and Customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

5. Using Zoner Photo Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

6. Publishing Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

7. Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

1. Introduction

We thank you for choosing Zoner Photo Stu-

dio 8, the complete digital photography toolkit.

his program continues the tradition of suc-

cess founded by Zoner Media Explorer 5 and

Zoner Photo Studio 6 and 7. he new version

expands the range of available functions, espe-

cially in the areas of processing and archiving

photos, and it also brings changes to the user

interface, plus numerous optimizations.

We ﬁrmly believe that Zoner Photo Studio 8

will become an irreplaceable aid for both

amateur and professional photographers who

work with digital images.

We wish you many successes during your

photography work!

Your Zoner team

2. Installing and Unlocking the Program

2.1 Installing the Program, Drivers, and Accessories

Before installing the program, make sure that

your computer hardware meets the program’s

minimum requirements.

For problem-free installation, we recommend

at least 150 MB of free space on your disk at

the moment of installation. If you are using

Windows 2000 or XP, then make sure that

you have Administrator access to your system

while installing the program.

For the media archive to work correctly in

Windows 98 , you will need to install the

ADO and JET libraries (MDAC 2.5). hese

libraries are a standard part of Windows

Me/2000/XP.

You can ﬁnd the installation program for the

ADO/JET libraries in the Drivers sections of the

installation CD (if you are installing from CD) or

in the Support section of the Zoner website.

If you are using Zoner Photo Studio Profes-

sional and you have a CD/DVD burning drive

on your computer, you will want to install

the drivers that are needed for burning to

function properly in ZPS. You can ﬁnd these

drivers on the installation CD or in the Sup-

port section of the Zoner website.

If you are asked to restart your computer ater

installation, we recommend that you do so,

especially if you plan to be using the features

for burning of CDs, DVDs, and Video CDs.

Minimum System Requirements:

Pentium-compatible processor, 300 MHz or higher, 64 MB RAM, 80 MB free hard disk space,

minimum resolution 800×600 High Color.

For use on Microsoft WindowsTM 98/2000/Me/XPand higher. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01

or higher must be installed for certain features to work correctly.

Zoner Photo Studio 8—Quick Start Guide

2.2 Program Versions

Zoner Photo Studio comes in three function-

ally diﬀerent versions: Classic, Home, and

Professio nal.

he Professional version has no functional

restrictions and is aimed at advanced users.

he Home version does not support: down-

loading images from the web; acquiring

Canon RAW images; the lasso, polygonal

lasso, and magic wand tools; levels (histogram

editing); the Iron tool; noise correction; chan-

nel mixing; export to PDF; Web publishing;

FTP transfer; CD/DVD and Video CD burn-

ing; color management/color proﬁles; digital

signatures for images (the Home version con-

tains veriﬁcation support only). his version

is aimed at beginners and home users.

he Classic version has the same functions

removed as the Home version, plus the follow-

ing: advanced EXIF restoration, EXIF removal,

multiple media archives (only 1 allowed), batch

renaming and conversion, printing from the

Editor (single-picture printing), calendar gen-

eration, dynamic contact sheet generation, op-

timized paper-saving printing, send-by-email,

and easy launching of helper programs. his

version serves well as an image viewer.

To check which of these versions you are using,

use the About... command in the Help menu.

Certain functions described below are not

included in the Classic and Home versions.

2.3 Using a License Code to Unlock or Upgrade the Program

he installation CD and the Zoner website

both provide what are called “universal ver-

sions” of Zoner Photo Studio 8: you use the

same installer for the Classic, Home, and

Professional versions. To unlock a Zoner

product once you install it, you need the

license code for that product. You can ﬁnd

your license code in the product package,

or obtain it by e-mail ater buying an ESD

(Internet-download) license.

If you do not enter the registration number

within 30 days ater installing, you will not be

able to use the product further. Until that time,

the program will behave as a trial version.

If you activate the Classic or Home version of

Zoner Photo Studio, you will aterwards be

able, for a limited time, to try out the pos-

sibilities of the highest version, Professional,

if you so choose.

We do not recommend changing the system

date on your computer during the trial period,

as this can shorten the trial period.

To display the window for entering your reg-

istration number when you want to upgrade,

use the corresponding item in the Help menu,

or click the upgrade button that appears when

you try to use a function not contained in the

version you purchased.

Enter your license code in the startup window:

note: the code in this sample image of the dialog is illustrative only and is invalid

Warning: Use only the license code supplied with this program to register it.

Using the license code for another version than you were legally supplied by Zoner is in conﬂict

with the licensing conditions. Users of the Classic and Home versions of Zoner Photo Studio can

obtain a license code for upgrading to a higher version at an advantageous price from the Zoner

site or, in some cases, from their retailer.

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2.4 Keeping Your ZPS Up to Date

Zoner is constantly working to perfect Zoner

Photo Studio. hese improvements are avail-

able as free-of-charge updates to the version

you bought. To move to a higher version, you

can purchase, at a discount, an upgrade .

Patches containing new so-called builds are

occasionally published on Zoner’s Web site;

these repair any errors found, and in some cases

add new features. You can download and install

these for free. he program itself can check for

the latest patch at regular intervals. You can

make this check manually by clicking the Check

for Update... command in the Help menu.

2.5 Detailed Electronic Manual

A detailed manual in PDF format is available

on the installation CD and on the Zoner web-

site. To view it, you will need Adobe Reader.

his program is already installed on most

computers, but if it is not installed on yours,

you can download it from www.adobe.com .

hat program is free to download and use.

You can bring up this manual from within

the help by clicking the Help button and

using the Help Contents... menu item, or by

pressing [F1].

he detailed manual is on full Letter-sized

paper. You can only print the user guide

for your personal use, unless given permis-

sion otherwise by Zoner. Both the guide and

printed copies of it are protected by copyright

and can not be distributed without permis-

sion, neither for a fee nor for free.

2.6 Technical Support:

Registered users of Zoner Photo Studio 8 can take advantage of technical support provided by

the expert staﬀ at Zoner. Before contacting support, please do make sure you are using the latest

build of the program (see the Updates section above), as if you are not, it may contain a ﬁx for

the trouble you’re experiencing. Please also prepare a description of your problem, including the

precise steps that lead up to it. On the technical support pages, you can also ﬁnd a list of frequently

asked questions and their answers, and it may already contain the solution to the problem you’re

encountering.

You can ﬁnd contact information and a technical support form at: http://www.zoner.com

Important note on working with photos in the ZPS Browser!

The Browser part of ZPS is a ﬁle manager. Thus all operations taken from this

window are performed directly on the originals and cannot be undone !

We thus recommend always backing up originals before processing!

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